Jason Wilder
Well-Known Member
I converted my kiln to a HT oven as shown in this thread.
It has done well so far at getting up to 1500 degrees but I asked more than it could give today. I was in the process of HT'ing my first stainless and the heating element broke at around 1700 degrees. Honestly, I figured it would since the heating element was from a 30+ year old kiln.
I purposefully designed the kiln to be like Paragon's KM14D so I could use new heating elements when my old one broke. I actually have 3 more old spare elements I could use and confidently reach 1500 degrees but I built this hoss for stainless so my question is this: Do you foresee any problems with replacing my old element with a new element from Tracy for the KM14D?
My controller, thermocouple, and insulation will all reach 2300 degrees, but I want to make sure there won't be any problems with this element.
Thanks,
Jason
It has done well so far at getting up to 1500 degrees but I asked more than it could give today. I was in the process of HT'ing my first stainless and the heating element broke at around 1700 degrees. Honestly, I figured it would since the heating element was from a 30+ year old kiln.
I purposefully designed the kiln to be like Paragon's KM14D so I could use new heating elements when my old one broke. I actually have 3 more old spare elements I could use and confidently reach 1500 degrees but I built this hoss for stainless so my question is this: Do you foresee any problems with replacing my old element with a new element from Tracy for the KM14D?
My controller, thermocouple, and insulation will all reach 2300 degrees, but I want to make sure there won't be any problems with this element.
Thanks,
Jason